Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So much for Tasmania’s announced intention to implement new policies preventing any single trainer – specifically Ben Yole – from having more than half the field in a race. It appears to have gone the way of the dodo, probably the same dodo who wrote the policy replete with loopholes that you could drive a […]
At the age of 73 Tasmanian trot trainer Mark Geeves might well be getting a little long in the tooth, but he’s certainly no mug. The bloke has been around harness racing a long time, and used to drive Flashing Red back in the days when it was raced and trained in Tasmania. He won […]
Foul driving is one of the most serious offences in the racing rule book, and usually one of the most severely punished too. The minimum punishment for the rule breach in Victoria is 6 months, a penalty which is quite consistently applied, and quite reasonably too given the gravity of the offence. Foul Driving 168(1)(f) […]
With regard to the governance of welfare conditions at Tasmanian harness racing establishments, the current situation is that: • the Rules of Racing prohibit the mistreatment of horses, however they are deficient in that they do not prescribe what is considered a minimum standard for horses and facilities at training establishments; • the Animal Welfare […]
The man below is this bloke above. An Auckland man who starved his horses, to the point where they had to eat their own faeces, has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court. The man — who had over 40 years experience in the harness racing industry — was convicted of 30 offences involving 11 […]
We made a mistake yesterday. In our stories about a poor woman being charged with GBH over crashing taking Ben Yole’s horses back from the track we said it was Bronte Miller. It wasn’t. The 20-year-old kid was Maree Wakefield. Our apologies. But the principle is still the same. Our mail is that Yole has […]
Yeah bro, I did have to bring Aaron Bain into it, and I will tell you exactly why. Bain and/or his business partners Summit Bloodstock or its principals Jamie Durnberger-Smith and Jake Webster owned 20 horses that raced at Hobart on the night of the fateful accident. All of them, each and every one, was […]
If you ever needed proof that Ben Yole is a low-life grub then this is it. 20-year-old Bronte Miller has been charged over the crash in late January that injured she and a number of other young harness racing kids. Miller been charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm to another person by […]
Strengthening the integrity of Tasmanian racing The Rockliff Liberal Government has taken strong action to protect the integrity of the racing community and strengthen animal welfare outcomes, because we take these matters extremely seriously. “The Government instigated the independent Murrihy Review in March this year, and since this time Mr Murrihy has been diligently reviewing […]
Scott Brunton has been Tasmanian racing’s problem child for a long time now. He has been arrested on drug and firearm charges. Convicted of three counts of meth possession on a plea deal. Doped a Tassie Derby winner that got disqualified after returning a positive. Ripped his workers off. Rorted the Tax Office. You name […]
